Ingredients

  • 500 g rabbit joints
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 2 teaspoons rosemary, leaves
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 14 cup pitted black olives, chopped
  • olive oil, to season
  • salt, to season
  • pepper, to season
  • 14 cup dry sherry or 14 cup white wine
  • 12 cup chicken stock
  • 12 cup frozen green pea

Method

  • Place the jointed rabbit into a ceramic dish and scatter over the garlic, rosemary and olives.
  • Pour over about the oil and massage it into the meat to coat.
  • Season well with salt and pepper.
  • Cover and marinate for 1 hour.
  • Remove the rabbit from the dish and and brown in a hot lidded frying pan.
  • Once well browned on all sides, add the garlic, olives and any remaining rosemary.
  • Pour in the sherry or wine cook for about a minute scraping any brown bits off the bottom, add the chicken stock and cover.
  • Cook slowly for 1/2 hour, turn the pieces over and cook a further 1/2 hour or until the pieces are tender.
  • Remove the lid and allow to cook until the liquid has reduced a littl.
  • About 5 minutes before serving, add the peas to the dish and allow to cook through (but you want them still bright green) Season and serve over mash.